Staff Reporter
THE Namibian police are on the hunt for a 50-year-old man who ran over a nine-year-old girl with his vehicle and subsequently killed her after catching the minor and her family illegally ploughing in his field.
According to the weekend crime bulletin, the incident happened on Sunday 1 May 2022 between 08:00 and 09:12 at Plot K11, Hardap Scheme , Mariental.
It is alleged that the deceased, Hindbrain Mupolo, a nine-year-old Namibian girl died after the 50-year-old, Namibian male suspect drove over her with his white colour Toyota Land Cruiser.
Mupulo succumbed to her injuries at the Mariental State Hospital.
It is further alleged that the deceased, her mother and several other people were ploughing in the field of the suspect without his consent, where they collected beans that he planted. The suspect spotted them and he then chased them with his motor vehicle. In the process, the deceased fell and the vehicle drove over her causing internal injuries.
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